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Don’t Fear Iranian Nukes?

Posted by David Gerstman on September 30, 2013 5 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 09/30/2013 - Even if Rouhani is a nuclear moderate, he is not rolling back Iran's war against the West

#BlameHarryReid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2013 36 Comments

#BlameHarryReid Twitter feed added at bottom of post

Something to smile about on last day of federal gubmint

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2013 10 Comments

From Bill in Orange County, CA: Not political, just funny. Or at least I thought so. Seen on the way into work this morning. “Actual Size”

Tomorrow

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2013 36 Comments

Should be interesting. There is such a thing as overplaying your hand. The conventional wisdom is that Republicans who have overplayed theirs. I’m not so sure. Reid spox: "Tomorrow, the Senate will do exactly what we said we would do and reject" the House #CR....

College “confession” forums replace open dialogue in a world of speech codes

Posted by Laurel Conrad on September 29, 2013 33 Comments

Political correctness is driving campus problems underground without solving anything.

Two arrests as robberies continue to hit San Francisco Bay Area news crews

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 29, 2013 23 Comments

Two 19-year old men have been charged with robbery, weapons and conspiracy offenses after a San Francisco television reporter was robbed of his equipment Friday. A security guard accompanying the reporter fired shots upon the men during the confrontation. From Reuters: Two teenagers have been...

Remember when David Gregory grilled Obama this intensively?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2013 41 Comments

Ted Cruz swats away David Gregory's presumptions and accusations on Meet the Press

Saudi cleric claims driving can damage women’s ovaries

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 29, 2013 32 Comments

Amidst a campaign to fight Saudi Arabia’s de facto rule that bans women from driving, a Saudi cleric said that women who drive risk negative physiological impacts that could damage their ovaries. From Reuters: A conservative Saudi Arabian cleric has said women who drive risk...

Did SNL really mock Obamacare?

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 29, 2013 24 Comments

So, a lot of folks are talking about last night’s season premiere of Saturday Night Live and its skit on Obama’s sell of Obamacare. Many are commenting that it mocks Obamacare. I’m not sure I really saw it entirely the same way. Check it out for...

Tea Party California Caucus’ Tech-Based Gameplan for CA GOP Convention

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 29, 2013 11 Comments

No matter how much the elite media and establishment politicos want to kill-off Tea Party, it seems that we citizen activists refuse to roll over and die. If anything, we are pushing back smarter as well as harder. Case-in-point: Some excellent news about the Tea...

Conservative media has come a long way, baby, but has a longer way to go

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2013 27 Comments

From The NY Times, the media world has changed: Ask conservatives what went wrong for them the last time the government shut down, and many of them will bring up the cover of The Daily News of New York from Nov. 16, 1995. Under the...

That’s debatable

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2013 11 Comments

I rise to stand in defense of my former home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations as the most corrupt state. From John: With apologies for the bad photography, I’m sending along the pic below that I recently snapped in Chicago. Close inspection will...

House funding vote – LIVE (Update: House votes to avert government shutdown and delay Obamacare a year)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 28, 2013 37 Comments

The House of Representatives is voting late tonight on amendments to the Senate Continuing Resolution. Among the amendments being voted on are a one year delay in Obamacare, elimination of the medical device tax, and possibly a “clean” resolution to fund the military. [voting concluded]...

Annoying Sitemeter Pop-up (Update)(Problem solved?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 28, 2013 52 Comments

Sitemeter is the free traffic meter I’ve been using since day one of the blog to keep track of visits and page views. It’s public, and linked at the bottom of the page in the footer. The reason I like Sitemeter is it’s free. And...

Dear Hamilton College Bd. of Trustees, maybe your Diversity Industry is making race relations worse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 28, 2013 15 Comments

Saturday Night Card Game

Cyberbullying gets complicated as schools, police combat fake social media profiles

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 28, 2013 10 Comments

Cyberbullying is getting more complicated for schools and law enforcement these days, as authorities are dealing with students creating fake online profiles to harass and threaten fellow classmates. And in one recent case in Tennessee, the student doing the cyberbullying also sent messages to herself...

Harry Reid’s government shutdown hostage countdown showdown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 28, 2013 20 Comments

Harry Reid almost never allows up or down votes on Republican agenda legislation coming out of the House. He has taken the Senate hostage. A good example is the House Continuing Resolution which Reid would not allow to come up for a vote until Obamacare...

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